#38C4B8#38C4B8

#38C4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4B8
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 184)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 6.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -39.15, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 39.43, 186.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1164 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.117 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0185, 43.7778, 52.2060)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4B8 #C43844

analogous

#38C472 #38C4B8 #388AC4

triadic

#38C4B8 #B838C4 #C4B838

tetradic

#38C4B8 #7238C4 #C43844 #8AC438

square

#38C4B8 #7238C4 #C43844 #8AC438

split-complementary

#38C4B8 #C4388A #C47238

monochromatic

#1D655F #2A948B #38C4B8 #66D3CA #96E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#38C4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B8

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4B8	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cd',
    500: '#38c4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4b8;
$custom-light: #83d6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4B8

secondary

#CC8C91

accent

#4956DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4B8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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